How to Send Push Notifications from Home Assistant to Android (Persistent Log)
Learn how to send push notifications from Home Assistant to Android and keep a permanent history of alerts, no more losing them after swiping!
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In this video, we go over the technical implementation of sending push notifications from Home Assistant to Pulsetray to create a permanent, searchable history of your automation logs.
While the native Home Assistant app is great for immediate pings, notifications are ephemeral and disappear once dismissed. This setup allows you to keep an archive of every event, including rich media like security camera snapshots.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Download Pulsetray and Sign In
00:55 Creating an API key
1:33 Create a rest_command in HA
3:12 Create an automation in HA
5:30 Testing the automation
5:54 Adding source and category
7:42 Wrapping up
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Code can be found in the blog post: https://pulsetray.com/blog/2026/04/24...
You can read more in our docs: https://pulsetray.com/docs/docs
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#homeassistant #android #ios #notifications